Secure Your Home: How to Burglar-Proof a Dog Door

Burglars are attracted to homes where they can get in quickly and silently without being noticed. Your dog can be a deal breaker for a burglar since even small dogs can make enough noise to attract unwanted attention. However, the same doggy door out of which your pooch might charge to scare away a burglar could also present an attractive means of entry if your dog seems amicable to a thief casing your home. Use dog door solutions to prevent someone from breaking and entering.

You can make the dog door more secure by having it open into a fenced area of your yard or covered kennel and locking the gate securely when you leave. This allows your dog access to the outside to go to the bathroom but makes it more difficult for crooks to plot and carry out a robbery.

Back up the bark

A loud dog is certainly a deterrent for some burglars, but others aren't scared away so easily. Thieves have been known to do things like spray ammonia at a dog to get her to back off. Unless your dog has been trained for protection, she probably won't know what to do if her bark is ignored.

Most dogs aren't sure how to act when an intruder enters the home when you're not there. They might continue to bark but usually retreat to a safe distance while the burglar gets what he came for.

Educate your dog with a professional dog trainer so she knows how to handle an intruder in your home whether he enters through the doggie door or another entry point. Use security cameras to monitor your doggie door and other entry points to your home. Post signage that warns potential thieves to beware of the dog and that security cameras are in use, and they just might pass by your home.